Seeds

[sweetleaf]

still trying

[4pygmies]

Cryptic conversations....hmmm.....anyway, I've been standing out in the sunshine pricking out seeds as I MUST get some more into the PT to make room for the next batch in the house. Did Cosmos, Echinops, Gaillardia and the first of the Sunflowers into individual pots. Moved 4 trays of various Sunflowers into the PT. I'm getting clogged up with Tomatoes but I can't move them yet - too cold out in the PT at night, although I have some under fleece in the GH. The Oriental Poppies, Nepetas, Creeping Thyme, and Helenium are in the "halfway house" in the conservatory. This week I must sow all the seeds I've got left so I have plenty of room for all the Basils, Courgette, Runner Beans and French Beans early in May. I wonder how many hours of a week I spend watering all these babies??

[sweetleaf]

Sleepy continues any conversation on the thread he finds me on 4P! He was talking about yesterdays lunch.. ;D He is a very good host!

[4pygmies]

Ah...well, I'm very pleased you all enjoyed yourselves. I just read about his bread and butter pudding......

[sweetleaf]

Highly recommended that is!

[4pygmies]

I've just got to go google Greater Golden Knapweed to see why if there's any reason why it can't be sown in Spring like Greater Knapweed....back in a tick!

[4pygmies]

I can't see any reason why I have to wait until Autumn....I really love this plant so I may sow it now and see what happens....impatient, she is.

[sweetleaf]

Just been going through my seed boxes and it seems I`m about to miss the boat with a few packs, time to get that GH up ASAP!
I think I`d better step up the nagging just a tad....

[4pygmies]

I think it's time........

[sweetleaf]

I have got him to part with a lot of precious junk, a real acheivement!

He does love to surround himself with "useful" stuff
We have to move a fence next, and lay the foundations, I want to put this one on a dwarf wall to gain a bit of extra height! ;D
Wish me luck!

Sleepy has a massive greenhouse with a grapevine in it!
(jealous, I am ) ;D

[4pygmies]

Ooh, so am I! I wanted to grow a grape in my PT but I decided it wouldn't have enough ventilation and would go mouldy every summer.......bum......
A brick wall. Sounds like a good plan and it will keep rats out too.......doesn't it mean a delay though? It will be worth it I think. Coo, how exciting....!

[sweetleaf]

Only a couple of days extra I think, as soon as the bricks set the greenhouse can go on top, and the footings dont have to be too strenuous, Ill dig them myself. OH has a concrete mixer so we only need cement sand, etc. ;D

[sweetleaf]

sweetleaf said:

Cinderella showed up, and three more california wonder, its a good life, isnt it? ;D

100% germination on the California wonder ;D
Sunflowers sown yesterday one up already!!
Aquilegia Magpie sown today
Verbena Bonariensis sown today
Poppy pink Paeony sown today in situ (fingers crossed)
Digitalis Primrose Carousel sown today

I have shuffled the greenhouse and found some more space so there will be more

[4pygmies]

I've been sowing standing outside and it was so hot I had to go and put my hat on!
I sowed
Clustered Bellflower (Campanula glomata)
Sweet Rocket
Poached Egg (Limanthes)
Golden Knapweed (Centaurea macrocephala)
Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) They're all in my GH

Sweet Basil (Basil genovese) 80 modules
Anise Basil 40 modules
Purple Basil 40 modules
Sphaeralcea Los Brisas (Freebie from T&M - never heard of it before)
They're all in my warm bathroom in sealed bags

Haven't sown leeks, Runner or French Beans or Courgettes yet..........still haven't had time to sow carrots or plant the onion sets or chitted spuds out.........eeh, I'm all behind! (Was that Jimmy Clitheroe? Anyone remember him?)

Ooh, I hope the Poppy Paeony germinates.....sounds gorgeous.

[sweetleaf]

I thought of that when I ordered and got two packs of Pink Paeony Poppies!
...... some sown as directed in the garden, and some in the GH in a tray (and some held back just in case!)

[4pygmies]

Came back from work and sowed 16 courgettes. I stood in the leek shed first thing and dreamed of the taste of home grown tomatoes.......I could even smell the plants. I cannot wait! YUM.

[4pygmies]

Sowed a tray each of Eschscholzia, Centranthus and Sunflower "Velvet Queen". I'm definitely stopping soon - just got the runner, French and leeks to start in a week or two......soo many seedlings to prick out now. I REALLY hope we don't get any frosts....

[sweetleaf]

oooh just gotta cover something up 4P back in a mo

[maggyd]

Your a busy busy Woman 4ps you must have greenhouses full of seedlings.

[4pygmies]

I have a GH, half my 30' PT, a table outside, two tabletops in the conservatory, and a bath with a big board on it plus my mother has two windowsills full......I love it though! I think the seed bit gives me more pleasure than anything else. I always end up feeling like I've failed by Autumn as the weeds have encroached and I haven't done half the things I planned to. At this end of the season though I'm as happy as a pig in a piggy poop!
I'm growing for my garden, my school club and for selling now I wonder how many seeds I've actually sown? Hundreds and hundreds of them and now they all need pricking out.....

[4pygmies]

The Basils are germinating already - seeds are absolutely amazing!
The Sphaeralcea have come up thick and fast too. Jolly good.

[sweetleaf]

Verbascum 30 cells coming up like cress,
Verbena Bonariensis.. one tiny seedling, not much, but a start
Sweetcorn sweet sensation all germinated, second sowing of those.
Sunflower sunspot all germinated and almost ready to move on from the cells they are in into pots, powerhouses par excellence! Can you tell I'm impressed? ;D
Calendula Officionalis full 30 cells all germinated, second batch, first are at the lottie

Aquilegia Magpie nothing yet
Poppy Pink Paeony... one, tiny green fleck,

Digitalis Primrose carousel ...nada! :

Tomorrow I start sowing herbs and leeks

[4pygmies]

Wonderful stuff! I really tried to stop sowing but this morning I realised I hadn't got any Bells of Ireland - then I saw this gorgeous REALLY dark Sweet William for next year, and the Garlic Chives, leeks and ............it's awful isn't it?
My name 4pygmies and I am a seed addict.........

[sweetleaf]

Ahem, what are the symptoms
It can have nothing to do with 2 greenhouses can it?

[4pygmies]

Constant spraying, ripping open of packets, gloating, bad backs, and wandering up and down the seed displays at GC's...the hard core addicted are also prone to clicking intently on online shops and hiding the credit card receipts. This tendency to lie and hide from the true tally of seeds bought is the hardest to treat and involves the snapping of plastic and many tearful confrontations from non gardening OH's who just waste their money in public houses whereas we are saving the planet, restoring the ecological balance, creating beauty and feeding our families with healthy, lifegiving plants grown with love and care and by the sweat of our extremely knackered and bent bodies and NO ONE UNDERSTANDS!!!